Mark Rolfe describes how IBM’s solutions can significantly ease the burden of reporting and filing for banks
The continuous changes that the European Banking Authority is making to its reporting requirements are already impacting banks. If you'd like to find out how IBM can help your business reduce the burden of staying on top of these changes, contact our European Corep/Finrep team at corep@uk.ibm.com .

The Analytics Zone has been busy with the new Cognos BI 10.2.2 release .
They have released 28 new videos on their YouTube channel that cover some of the new features in this latest release. That's over one hour of material for your viewing enjoyment!
Here are just two of the videos. There are twenty-six more!
Quick Installation
6 minute end to end demo of Cognos 10.2.2

Here's another video from the IBM Electronic Support team.
This video overviews SR quick search capabilities, including searching by software request numbers and searching by customer numbers.
The video also demonstrates how to run an advanced search with scope filters, including customer number, status, and severity.
Once you have your historical PMR report, this video also outlines how you can print or email the report in a friendly view.
You can always view your current and historical PMR data at... [Continue Reading]

There may be scenarios, where based on user permissions, some users may be privileged to see more time periods than other users. Using filters in the metadata model to enforce user based security and various report authoring techniques, this two-part video series from the Proven Practices team shows how to dynamically default to the latest period a user is allowed to see based on their user ID.
The following techniques were tested on IBM Cognos BI 10.2.1.
Default to User-Based Latest Period - Part 1 – Framework Manager... [Continue Reading]

Here's a new video from the Business Analytics Support team based in Rochester, MN & Chicago, IL. These teams primarily handle SPSS inquiries.
The team has prepared this video as a guide to installing IBM SPSS Statistics on a computer running Windows 7 64-bit.
The video covers -
Getting your license key ( see videos here for more information about SPSS license keys )
System requirements
Installing JAWS
Installing... [Continue Reading]

IBM SPSS software needs keys. You need SPSS software.
So, to make things easier the IBM SPSS License Key Center was created. From the License Key Center you can
create authorization codes
create licenses
allow and delegate access to the License Key Center
A series of videos is now available on YouTube that provides a complete guide on using the License Key Center. Steven Savaglio, Sr. Manager, Global Client Care Support had this to say about the videos and the License Key... [Continue Reading]

IBM Business Analytics Education's newest addition to the How-to Videos (HTVs) program is now available. This offering features 15 task-oriented videos that can be accessed from within the IBM Social Media Analytics 1.3 product interface. There are over 90 minutes of quality training packed into these videos.
Organized into 4 functional categories, the How-to Videos walk users through the basic tasks necessary to navigate IBM Social Media Analytics, create analyses, and interpret, explore, and share results.
... [Continue Reading]

Have you thought about how your immune system, with its remarkable collection of layered defenses, is able to protect you from infection-causing organism? With today's targeted and complex attacks, organizations need to operate much like an immune system to protect against malicious attackers.
That is essentially what IBM has developed, an intelligent system that provides end-to-end, coordinated defenses for organizations to prevent, detect, and respond to cyber attacks.
Introducing the... [Continue Reading]

Here's another useful video from the IBM Elec tron ic S uppo rt Y ouTu be c hann e l that provides an explanation about the IBM product lifecycle and End of Service. Remember that subscribing to My Notifications is a great way to keep on top of End of Service notifications.
See the video
Cognos Upgrade Central
Keep up-to-date with IBM Business Analytics Support :
B u s i n e s s A n a l y t i c s C l i e n t C e n t e r... [Continue Reading]

Submitted by Patrick O'Connor, Communications Strategist for the IBM Electronic Support Adoption Team.
Site Technical Contact 101
"Site Technical Contact 101"
This 4 minute video explains the roles and responsibilities of the IBM Site Technical Contact, or STC. Each organization selects an STC when it purchases software from IBM.
Your Site Technical Contacts play an important role to ensure your organization can easily access IBM Support.
Common STC... [Continue Reading]

The Analytics Education Series consists of a series of lectures presented by IBM experts introducing you to various analytical methods. This curriculum is focused on the science, not the products, as we're interested in providing you with descriptions of the purpose and science behind these methods. It's a veritable 360 degree review of analytics - and at no cost to you!
In this series we'll introduce you to many exciting topics such as data visualization, OLAP, descriptive and comparative... [Continue Reading]

Are you looking for information about the recommended upgrade workflow, the strategies, the best practices, and the tools needed to move to IBM Cognos BI 10?
If the answer is yes, consider the following videos to find new tips and techniques to make you feel confident with the Cognos BI upgrade process:
IBM Cognos BI 10 - Upgrade Workflow
IBM Cognos BI 10 - Basic Upgrade Strategies
... [Continue Reading]

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